Given name & surname
Nandan
“one who is pleasing”
Nandan is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “one who is pleasing.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is pleasing.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nandan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 169
- 169 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,587 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,587 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 381 as a first name in 2020; 255 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nandan’s family of names
In English usage, Nandan has a related form in NANDANA. Nandan has a related form in Nanden. Nandan has a related form in Nandin.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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